My concept for my senior project was to display a beautiful and vibrant scene while also involving trash and objects that are considered to harm our natural environments including the depths of our oceans. Newspaper clippings surround the exterior of the shadow box presenting news articles of oil spills and “who’s to blame” for intoxicating our World’s natural beauty. I decided to display my senior project in a shadow box with vinyl placed on two separate layers of plexi-glass to give the overall appearance a more 3-dimensional and interactive piece of art. The most successful part of my project is capturing an overall balanced color palette between the vinyl color scheme and the more versatile “trash” pieces that lay loose at the bottom of the box.
Heather Hamilton 